Woman Catches Two Men Stealing Her Pregnant French Bulldog
A woman in California returned home one day to an unexpected and horrifying scene. According to KSBW News, Amanda Hightower walked into her home in Hollister, California on Thursday, September 15, where she was met with two strangers. Photo: Instagram/@amanda_bully_mama The masked intruders had Amanda’s dog, Milani, in their arms and were ready to flee but Amanda put up a fight. She was beaten and hit in the face with a gun, but in the end, the thieves escaped with her dog. The 11-month-old French bulldog has a rare merle coat that puts...
Watch Family’s Emotional Reunion With Missing Dog After 10 Months
As a dog owner, one of my worst nightmares is losing my pup. He’s a part of the family and I can’t imagine anything bad happening to him. The sad reality is that many pet parents experience losing a dog, either to a tragic accident, theft, runaway, or something else. Photo: Facebook/Highlands County Sheriff’s Office When a family in Hardee County, Florida lost their puppy, Conway, they hoped to reunite with him as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, the days slowly turned to weeks and then months, and Conway was nowhere to...
This Cockatoo’s Favorite Thing Is Strolling Around Home Depot
One of the perks of being a pet parent is that you eventually earn a buddy — someone you can do things together with. Although it may not seem like it at first, your pet will eventually warm up to you, especially if they feel your genuine care. You’ll find yourself eating breakfast with them, jogging at the park, or going on road trips. The two of you will grow fonder of each other until you find one activity that excites you both. As for Beau the cockatoo, he loves spending time with his dad at Home Depot. Photo: Youtube/The Dodo...
Boy Abandons Puppy In A Box With Heartbreaking Letter For Whoever Finds Him
Giving up a puppy is never an easy decision, but sometimes it’s the most compassionate choice. When 12-year-old Andres left his puppy in a box outside the Xollin animal shelter in Mexico, he did it from a place of love. As the shelter shared on Facebook, the child didn’t just leave his puppy in a box on its own, the puppy was accompanied by a stuffed animal and a heartbreaking letter. As the letter explained, the boy decided to give up his puppy because his father was violent and had kicked the small dog. The letter read,...
Bald Golden Retriever Dumped at Shelter, Waits for a Forever Home for Months
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! I lost my beloved golden retriever Bud at only 8-years-old to a hideous blood borne cancer. The cancer was so aggressive, he went from feeling fine one day to passing only three days later. I wanted to honor him by rescuing another special golden in need. DOG. PHOTO: PIXABAY / CONGERDESIGN I was looking on the website of DFW Metro Golden Retriever Rescue when I saw her. She was...
90-Year-Old WWII Vet Goes Sledding With His Dog
Perhaps you’ve heard the expression that you are only as young as you feel. That is an expression that most of us tend to use more and more as we gain additional years of experience in life. Most of us hope that we will live a long life and if we reach the age of 90, it is our hope that we are still active and living life to the full. It seems as if one 90-year-old is doing just that, and we have the video to prove it. Photo: YouTube/Anthony Smith Claude Bratcher may be 90, but he can show us all how to have fun. His family was there to...
Country Music Sensation Miranda Lambert Working to Provide Millions of Needy Pets with Meals
If you’re a country music fan or an animal advocate you’ve likely heard of Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation. She’s frequently in the news for her generous efforts to help animals in need, and now she’s teamed up with our non-profit partner, Greater Good Charities, via their GOODS program to provide 2 million meals for pets of families experiencing economic hardship. For anyone unfamiliar with MuttNation, it was founded by Lambert and her mother Bev back in 2009 with the aim of promoting and facilitating...
A Literal Family Meal— Eagle Ended Up Adopting A Baby Hawk She Caught To Feed Her Eaglets
Found family is one of the tropes that I find very enjoyable; stories like this are very heartwarming, and they just have a way of tugging at everyone’s heartstrings. The main characters are usually humans though. I mean, fiction is kinda catered to human audiences. But what’s more lovely than found family in fiction? Real-life stories that transcend even species boundaries. For our story today, we have a found family between two birds of prey of different species. PHOTO: Pixabay/danawcac As you could probably guess from the photo...
Dog Who Has Been At Shelter For 7 Years Goes On Weekend Getaway In Tear-Jerking Video
Senior dogs are sadly passed by at shelters – especially ones that need to be the only pet in the home – but adopters are missing out on amazing dogs who have so much love to give. Senior dogs are not as energetic and destructive as puppies and teach us to enjoy the little things in life. An 11-year-old dog named Leroy has been waiting for the past 7 years at Dog Tales Rescue & Sanctuary in King City, Ontario, for someone to adopt him. He has spent way too many nights in the kennel alone. @stephaniemunro7 Adopt Leroy! @Dog...
Habitat Destruction, Poachers and Human-Transmitted Disease Could Erase Progress Made With Endangered Mountain Gorilla
The Mountain Gorilla is one of the 10 most endangered animals on Earth, and it may not be here much longer. For decades, mountain gorilla populations have been dwindling as uncontrolled hunting, disease, habitat loss and the ravages of human conflict have taken their toll. The mountain gorilla are now considered endangered. In the 1980s, some estimates counted less than 400 mountain gorillas worldwide. Conservation efforts over the following decades brought the mountain gorilla population to over 1,000. The International Union for the...
